WATCH: Drug Overdose crisis sees 175 deaths for July, Trudeau invests $2B in schools, Canucks win against Vegas
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 26 Aug, 2020 08:07 PM
WATCH: Drug Overdose crisis for BC Up by 136% - 175 deaths in July 2020, hospitalizations on the rise in BC due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pumps $2 Billion dollars in time for schools re-opening in the Fall, Vancouver Canucks showed they could do better as they win Tuesday night's game against the Golden Vegas Knights.
Canada Day comes this year as Indigenous Peoples absorb reports of confrontations between the police and Aboriginal people, as well as accusations of systemic racism in British Columbia's health-care system.
The association says a survey of its members shows more than 67 per cent of farmers have reduced fruit production because of uncertainties linked to the pandemic.
Scientists in China have identified a new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic. The sceintists say it has come to light recently and is carried by pigs, but can infect humans.
Tejash Poddar, Enver Creek Secondary graduate from Surrey is this year's recipient of the Schulich Leaders Scholarship. He has received a $100,000 engineering scholarship and stood out from 1500 nominees and emerged as two of only 100 winners from across Canada.